Identification of a queen primer pheromone in higher termites

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61388963%3A_____%2F22%3A00563357" target="_blank" >RIV/61388963:_____/22:00563357 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/22:10458044 RIV/60460709:41320/22:94069
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04163-5" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04163-5</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04163-5" target="_blank" >10.1038/s42003-022-04163-5</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Identification of a queen primer pheromone in higher termites
Original language description
It is long established that queens of social insects, including termites, maintain their reproductive dominance with queen pheromones. Yet, the queen pheromone chemistry has only been elucidated in a single species of lower termites. Here, we show that the queen- and egg-specific sesquiterpene (3R,6E)-nerolidol acts as the queen pheromone in the higher termite Embiratermes neotenicus. We demonstrate that the compound suppresses the development of new queens and thus mimics the presence of mature queen(s). It acts as an airborne signal and may be used to optimize the number of queens, thus being the key regulatory element in the breeding system of E. neotenicus.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10613 - Zoology

Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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